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Heywood-Wakefield ad in Railway Age page 68

Both interior pictures show the coach seats in the "Red River". There were three coaches, 1137, 1138 and 1139. (According to Ben Ringnald's surviving equipment survey, 1137 and 1139 survive, although they were gutted by New Jersey Transit and converted to commuter coaches. They were identical to the "International" coaches, except their upholstery had a wheat motif rather than the pine trees.

The picture on the right confirms a small mystery for me. Some of 1146's seat backs, which slide down onto two stakes projecting up from the seat frame, were secured with screws. There is such a screw visible in the lower-left of the photo, so they must be original equipment.